Any Other Business – 27/01 January 26, 2014 On Friday The Capitalist wrote about former Autonomy boss Mike Lynch’s hearing difficulties, which he had referenced in a speech. We would like to apologise for any offence caused to Mr Lynch by the manner in which his comments were reported.
Blinkx shares plunge 30pc on academic blog | City A.M. January 31, 2014 BLINKX, the online video search company spun out of Mike Lynch’s Autonomy, saw its share price plummet by 30 per cent yesterday after a Harvard professor published a blog post questioning the firm’s advertising tactics. In an article published on Tuesday Professor Benjamin Edelman claimed that Blinkx had links with companies that used “deceptive tactics” [...]
Blinkx shares plunge 30pc on academic blog January 30, 2014 BLINKX, the online video search company spun out of Mike Lynch’s Autonomy, saw its share price plummet by 30 per cent yesterday after a Harvard professor published a blog post questioning the firm’s advertising tactics. In an article published on Tuesday Professor Benjamin Edelman claimed that Blinkx had links with companies that used “deceptive tactics” [...]
Pod only knows: Great storytelling podcasts, from Sarah Koenig’s Serial to Jonathan Goldstein’s WireTap December 8, 2014 Fearing the end of Serial? Don’t worry, there are plenty other great storytelling podcasts out there Thanks to Sarah Koenig, podcasts are cool again. Her unearthing of a fifteen year old murder case involving three teenagers, a mobile phone and a host of hazy details has proved an unlikely talking point for people all over [...]
Mike Ashley retains House of Fraser stake as Nanjing Xinjiekou sale goes through September 2, 2014 The sale of department store House of Fraser to Chinese conglomerate Nanjing Xinjiekou has gone through today – with Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley retaining his 11 per cent stake. The deal values the business at around £480m – probably more than it would have valued at, had chairman Don McCarthy gone through with [...]
Any Other Business – 07/01 January 6, 2014 Olympic silver medalist Rob Williams has revealed he has his sights on gold, but not in the way you might imagine. The 28-year-old champion rower announced yesterday he won’t be getting back into his Lycra GB suit but instead will concentrate on his career in the City, at Goldman Sachs. He joined the firm in [...]
London Report: Turbulence for easyJet as FTSE loses altitude June 30, 2014 EASYJET proved to be a drag on the FTSE 100 yesterday as the low-cost airline felt the effect of a broker downgrade. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index ended down by 0.2 per cent, or 13.83 points, at 6,743.94 points – down more than two per cent from its 2014 peak of 6,894.88 in May, which [...]
Lynch invests in cyber security September 16, 2013 BRITISH technology guru Mike Lynch yesterday invested £1bn in cyber security firm Darktrace, praising the firm’s “radically different” approach. Lynch rose to fame after founding Autonomy, a firm sold to Hewlett-Packard in 2011 for £7.1bn. He has since set up a fund, Invoke Capital, to invest in the sector. “Darktrace brings a radically different solution to [...]
City Moves for 11 June 2014 | Who’s switching jobs June 10, 2014 BNP Paribas Investment Partners Patrick Mange has joined BNP Paribas Investment Partners as an emerging markets strategist. Since 2009, Mange has been deputy chief executive at Shinan BNP Paribas. He previously worked at Merrill Lynch Capital Markets France, where he was a euro area strategist. Prior to that, he was a senior economist at Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt [...]
City Moves for 03 June 2014 | Who’s switching jobs June 2, 2014 Charles Stanley The investment management firm has announced the appointment of Paul Abberley as chief investment officer. He was most recently at Aviva Investors, where he was acting chief executive and member of its group executive committee. Prior to that, Abberley spent eight years at ABN Amro Asset Management, where he was chief investment officer for its [...]